Gate-opener.



S. B. BENIGAR.

v GATE OPENER. APPLICATION FXLED FEB. 16, 1914.

Patented Feb. 15,1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH .CO., WASHiNGTON, D. c.

S. B. BENIGAR.

GATE OPENER. I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 1-914.

' Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH '20-; WASHINGTON. D c.

SAMUEL B. BENIGAR, or GREENFIELID, onro.

GATE-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patcnt.

Application filed February 16, 191;. Seria1 No.819 ,044.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. BENIGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenfield, in the county of Highland, State of Ohio, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Grate-Openers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in gate openers, and particularly to hand operated gate openers.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel means for simultaneously unlatching the gate and swinging. it open.

One object ofthe invention is to provide novel means forming a part of the opening means for holding the gate both in open and closed positions.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following descriptiomwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the gate in open position. Fig. 7

is a fragmentary elevation of the post at showing the latch member in elevation.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 and 11 represent two posts,

the latter of which has hinged thereto the gate 12, whilethe former is spaced a proper distance in line with the first post inwardly of the gate. Extending between the posts and connected to the upper ends is a beam 12. Suspended from the ends of the beam 12 by means of the links 15 are the operating levers 13 and 14. Suitable guides 16 are carried by the posts and beam, the inner ends of the operating lever playing between the guides and the post. Depending from the outer ends of the lever are hand holds 17 which are grasped to swing the levers.

Disposed between the posts, and out of the line thereof is a vertical tubular member 18, in which is mounted a block 19. In the through the slotted bracket.

the other end of the plate 42 is one end of with a pair of spaced lugsor ears 22 between. 3

which is pivotally carried one end of, a

Patented Feb.'1 5, 1916.

weighted member'23'. The outer end of the 7 member 23. is reduced-as at 23, and has piv otally connected thereto a pair ofearsf24; carried by one end of a bar 25. form an integral part of the pair of plates 26 which is also provided with a pair of fingers 27 These fingers straddlethe outer end of the member 23 when the parts are in- These ears normal position and the gate closed. Carrled by the inner end portion of the member.

23 are the depending fingers 28, between which the bar engages when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 6, with the gate open. each of the operating leyers 13 .ancl 14 is a yoke 29, each of these yokes carrying a depending link 30. I These linksare loosely connected to a pair of ears 31 carried by the upper end of a bar 32, which bar'is loosely connected at its other end to a ring or eye 33 carried by the bar 25 intermediate the length thereof.

Disposed a suitable distance from the post 11 is the latch post 34, and carried by this post is a plate 35 formed with a recess 36 which receives the end of the sliding latch bolt 37 mounted. on the gate. Formed on this plate '35 are the parallel ears 38 be- Carried by the inner end of tween which is pivotally mounted a weighted angular detent 39. This detent is arranged to be moved by the latch bolt to per mit the bolt to enter the recess of the plate,

and to be moved by its weighted end so as to confine the end of the bolt within the recess, and hold the gate in closed position. Extending from the post 34 below the plate is a stop 40 which limits the movement of the gate toward closed position.

Mounted on the center of the gate is a slotted bracket 41. Straddling the bracket is the bifurcated end 25 of the bar 25, and

disposed between the bracket and one of the portions of the bifurcation is the apertured end of a plate 42. A vertical pin 41 is passed through the bifurcated end of the bar 25, the apertured end of the plate, and

the before-mentioned latch bolt 37.

By pulling down on either of the levers l3 and 14, the initial movement will lift the bar 25 and cause the same to withdraw the latch bolt longitudinally of the gate and out of the-recess of the plate 35 so that Connected to the end of said bolt will be clear ofi'the detent. Further movement of the lever causes the pivoted ends of the member 23 and thebar 25 to move upwardly, the bar.

ber 23 has moved past the vertical position and-by reason of its weight has fallen to. the other side of its pivot. The weight of the? member 23 in connection with the weight'of the bar 25 causes these members to assume the positionof Fig; '6 and draw the gate into open position. To "close the gate,=*either of the levers is pulled down so thatthe member 23 "will be thrown' past the cent-en of its pivot: When the member 23 has-passed the vertical, its weightwill cause it to fall and complete the closing of the gate, the latch bolt actuating the detent and entering the recessof the plate 35.

Secured to the hinged end of the gate by means of the clamps 43 is a vertical bar'44 whichhas formed on one-*edgenear the up-- per end, a vertical. series of notches '45. Carried by the post 11 arethe bolts 46, one end of each of which projects throngh'the post adjacent the gate and is provided with a vertical pintle 47.- A pair of members 48 are each provided with an eye to receive one of the pintles 47, and each is provided with an angular opening through which the bar 44 extends. The upper of the members 48 is provided with-a transverse pin 49 which is arranged to enter one or another of the'notches 45. By removing the pin49, the bar 44 together with *the gate can be raised or lowered to th height desired and held in such positionby 'the'replacing of the pin 49 so that it will enter one ofthe recesses;

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The block 19 necessarily.

Attention is particularly directed to the fact that the member 23 swings through a vertical'arc to "both sides of its point of pivot, and holds the gate in open or closed position, according to the side of the pivot on which the member falls. It will also be noted that this member will complete the opening or closing movement of the gate the instant that it swings slightly beyond the vertical. 7

hat is claimed is An operating mechanism for a swinging gate comprising a vertical hollowpost havingislots in its opposite sides, a member rotatably mounted therein-andhaving laterally extending pins engaged in the slots to limit the'rotary movement of said--memher, the upper end of said-member having 1 a pair'or apertured-ears,-=a lever having one end pivotally mounted between the ears a member havlng a plurality of pairs ofdepending legs, one pair of which is pivotally connected to the other end of said lever" while another of the-pairs of legs is adapted to straddle saidlevei' in normal position a link rigidly connected to the said legged" member and adapted to be loosely connected to the gate and means for raising the said link to open the gate and swlng the said 5- lever in a vertical are over the said post and simultaneously rotate the member within D. S. HISER.

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